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Welcome to

Crawford International Ruimsig Pre-Primary

Crawford International Ruimsig Pre-Primary is situated on a beautifully designed, spacious campus in the heart of Ruimsig making us an ideally located Roodepoort pre-primary school

It is a safe, welcoming, warm environment that encourages independent thinking and self-expression. We build a firm foundation for lifelong learning by encouraging our students to explore, discover and experiment through meaningful play and fun opportunities.

The educational philosophies and culture of communication, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking are supported and encouraged, offering our students a personalised learning journey.

Our innovative and future-focused methodology fosters academic excellence and a thirst for knowledge.

Empowering student voice, choice and ownership of learning by encouraging perseverance, adaptability and reflection.

We measure our students’ performance against credible international standards. Crawford International Preparatory

Schools have been awarded authorisation as International

Baccalaureate (IB) World Schools offering the International

Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP). The programme is internationally recognised and aims to develop students as global citizens. Our Junior Preparatory forms part of the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) for children aged 18 months – 12 years.

Academics

Age requirements for admission per grade:

KINDY

18 MONTHS TURNING 2

GRADE - 0000

AGE 2 TURNING 3

GRADE - 000

AGE 3 TURNING 4

GRADE - 00

AGE 4 TURNING 5

GRADE - 0

AGE 5 TURNING 6

Our innovative and student-focused methodology is central to our teaching and learning, where the academic philosophy of THINK, UNDERSTAND and APPLY is the foundation. Future-focused skills are developed throughout each student’s learning journey.

Future-focused Skills

Emphasis is placed on gross and fine motor, perceptual, cognitive, language and numeracy development. Thinking skills are honed, and students are encouraged to explore a variety of options when problem-solving to discover a workable solution. Through thinking routines, we teach our students to question and form opinions, which are expressed through:

discussion and reflection
voice, choice, and ownership of learning
drawing
painting and creating
role play and dramatisation

Personalised Learning Journey

Our holistic approach to education encourages our students to become fully rounded, unique individuals through a personalised learning journey.

Physical
Challenging outdoor experiences to enhance large muscle development, which is vital for future learning.
Social & Emotional
Our dedicated staff create a safe, nurturing environment where each student can develop confidence and social skills.
Intellectual
We follow the ISASA early development curriculum guidelines and extend beyond the national curriculum. Our students explore the three learning areas of Mathematics, Literacy and Life Skills through our concept-driven units of inquiry. Units of learning and the related conversations encourage our students to evolve as inquirers, both within and beyond the classroom.
Creative
We celebrate the arts through dance, drama, art, and music and consider them instrumental in building self-esteem and allowing students to express themselves.

Meaningful Play

We tap into our students’ unique abilities and talents, relying on their natural sense of curiosity and provoking their thinking through meaningful play opportunities and inquiry-based learning. Our students are encouraged to explore, discover, and experiment.

Sports, Arts & Culture

We motivate our students to pursue new interests by offering a variety of opportunities within and beyond the classroom. Qualified coaches help our growing students develop core physical skills, which are vital to enhancing future learning. Gross motor movement, dance, art and music are incorporated into our school programme.

We offer the Sporty Tots programme to all our pre-primary students as part of their physical development. The programme runs throughout the year and each class attends on a weekly basis. Sporty Tots uses fun activities to develop large and small muscle groups, improve coordination and strengthen the core.

Further to this, the Grade 0 and 00 students are fully immersed in school-based activities and participate in organised mini-tournaments and matches.

The following sports and cultural activities are also included in our school fees:

Sports & Cultural

Mini Netball
Mini Soccer
Mini Hockey
Mini Cricket
TAU Rugby
Mini Tennis
Dance
Choir
Choral Verse

Academics

At least two activities a week during the school morning:

Baking (Grade 0000 - 0)
Fine and gross motor-skills
Music
Drama
Art
STEAM
Sporty Tots Programme
EdTech

Additional Activities

In addition to the school-based offering, we also offer the following activities at our school, subject to demand and at an extra cost to parents.

Ballet
Karate
Judo
Hip Hop
Pottery
Learn to Swim
Golf

Facilities

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Crawford Kidz Club

Our Crawford Kidz Club runs each afternoon of term until 17:30 with lunch and a snack included. The afternoon includes structured activities to further develop essential skills, balanced with free play. A holiday club programme is offered during the school holidays.

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Atelier (Art Studio)

The atelier is a vibrant, colourful space that encourages creativity and a love for creative arts.

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Digital Literacy

Our programme helps students develop essential 21-century skills and enables them to navigate, analyse, and create using various tools across multiple platforms.

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